"I know Thom Yorke's been whining about how he feels insulted", said Waters, who backs the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS), during a Facebook Live interviewSaturday with the BDS National Committee.

Protesters waving Palestinian flags as Radiohead perform on the main stage at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow on July 7

Loach, a British director, wrote an op-ed last week in The Independent calling on Radiohead to cancel.

"Radiohead need to decide if they stand with the oppressed or the oppressor". "The choice is simple". Loach's producer told The Guardian the distribution deal was made "accidentally".

"We've played in Israel for over 20 years through a succession of governments, some more liberal than others".

Yorke responded testily to the article, writing in a statement posted on Twitter, "Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them, about open minds not closed ones, about shared humanity, dialogue and freedom of expression".